Texas Democrats' political backdrop was rumbling as Kennedy visited

In this Friday, Nov. 22, 1963, photo, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas is sworn in as president as Jacqueline Kennedy stands at his side in the cabin of the presidential plane on the ground at Love Field in Dallas.

On the eve of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination Nov. 22, 1963, Texas was a growing state still shedding the shadow of segregation. Oil was king, and the electronics boom was building.